Alton

Summary

Alton is a city in the United States^[1]. Alton ranks in the top 4% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (530 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alton is located in Madison County^[3].
• Alton is in the country of United States^[4].
• Alton is on the body of water Mississippi River^[5].
• Alton's image is recorded as Aerial view of Alton Illinois during June 2008 flood.jpg^[6].
• Alton's instance of is recorded as city in the United States^[7].
• Alton's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 153629902^[8].
• Alton's locator map image is recorded as Madison County Illinois Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Alton Highlighted.svg^[9].
• Alton's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82108954^[10].
• Alton's postal code is recorded as 62002^[11].
• Alton's Commons category is recorded as Alton, Illinois^[12].
• Alton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 126623^[13].
• Alton's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−06:00^[14].
• Alton's local dialing code is recorded as +1 618^[15].
• +1818-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Alton^[16].
• Alton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 403470^[17].
• Alton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2393935^[18].
• Alton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.90028, 'lon': -90.15972}^[19].
• Alton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0sc6p^[20].
• Alton's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 17-01114^[21].
• Alton's official website is recorded as http://www.alton-il.com^[22].
• Alton's official website is recorded as https://www.cityofaltonil.gov/^[23].
• Alton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alton, Illinois^[24].
• Alton's page banner is recorded as Alton Wikivoyage banner.jpg^[25].
• Alton's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 39e1719e-2604-4b59-b698-dab7caf85b33^[26].
• Alton's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/North_America/United_States/Illinois/Localities/A/Alton/^[27].

Body

Founding

+1818-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Alton^[16].

Identity

Alton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Alton'}^[28].

Why It Matters

Alton ranks in the top 4% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (530 views/month).^[2] Alton has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] Alton is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]